Hacking TinyTrimmer

[emigre]

It get rids of dummy data that was added on to make it to fit a DS size cartridge, which is good for people who use a small MSD. On my 1GB I've got nine games and trimming has saved my about 70mb. I remember Valkryie Rpofile was a 128mb rom, when I trimmed it was 65mb. So trimming can save you a lot of space; especially if you want to add on extra goodies.

 

[Dangy]

It get rids of dummy data that was added on to make it to fit a DS size cartridge, which is good for people who use a small MSD. On my 1GB I've got nine games and trimming has saved my about 70mb. I remember Valkryie Rpofile was a 128mb rom, when I trimmed it was 65mb. So trimming can save you a lot of space; especially if you want to add on extra goodies.

Sweet, I have an 8GB card, but why not trim them?

You should add something to remove the release #ID.

 

[emigre]

Sorry, I don't really understand what you're saying. What can I say I've been up since 5 am. Are you asking why you should trim despite having an 8GB? If so, it just to save space.

On the release ID part, I don't think there's any point to it thoough I think you could change the release ID. I just can't remember how.

 

[Dangy]

Sorry, I don't really understand what you're saying. What can I say I've been up since 5 am. Are you asking why you should trim despite having an 8GB? If so, it just to save space.

On the release ID part, I don't think there's any point to it thoough I think you could change the release ID. I just can't remember how.

I said why not? As in: I'll do this, even though I don't need too.

Also, I was talking about the program having a function to remove the release ID. It would just make it easier than removing them all by hand.

Example:

Making "#4687: Ragnarök DS (USA).nds" into "Ragnarök.nds"

 

[missfabb]

Sorry, I don't really understand what you're saying. What can I say I've been up since 5 am. Are you asking why you should trim despite having an 8GB? If so, it just to save space.

On the release ID part, I don't think there's any point to it thoough I think you could change the release ID. I just can't remember how.

I said why not? As in: I'll do this, even though I don't need too.

Also, I was talking about the program having a function to remove the release ID. It would just make it easier than removing them all by hand.

Example:

Making "#4687: Ragnarök DS (USA).nds" into "Ragnarök.nds"

every time i download a rom i immediately rename it from "#2354 - Mario Kart DS(U).nds" or whatever it says, to just "mariokart ds.nds". much simpler that way. i don't think it would really be necessary to add that to the app when you can easily do it manually :/

 

[GH0ST]

Nice handy tool but it missed the eggtest:

The size of the rom is written down at 4 bytes in the nds header and trimming to that size+136 bytes (for wifi data) is safe in most cases but some games ( 0040, 0132, 0192, 0318, 0357... ) MISS OR FAKE THIS VALUE.

Trimming 40 Hanjuku Eiyuu DS - Egg Monster Hero (JP) leaves only 136 bytes ... just to let you know about this bug.

 

[DespizingU]

Thank you for the Linux trimmer. Very grateful. However, the links on your first post(both Linux links) seem to be down. Anyway to get a reupload?

Thanks.

Nevermind, found it after a search at Filetrip.

Also, thanks again for this. I've been using NDSTokyotrim. Which is a great trimmer, but it sucks on Linux with wine(but as Brian pointed out, that's Wine's fault). So a Linux trimmer is very much appreciated. And it works beautifully. I'm a happy camper today.